Jonzac travel guide
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Visit Jonzac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Jonzac is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 97 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Jonzac is 434 km from Paris and 635 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Jonzac
Popular places to visit near Jonzac: these include Barbezieux at 22 km and Cognac at 29 km.
Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 21km and Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 22km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Jonzac: 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Jonzac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Jonzac
See France This Way travel guides for Charente-Maritime and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Jonzac.
Note that all distances from Jonzac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Jonzac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Jonzac (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Poitou-Charentes and Charente-Maritime gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Jonzac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (21km) : Jardin du Chaigne (25km) : Parc du château Lanessan (44km) : Logis de Forge (45km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (27km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (31km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (36km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (36km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (40km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (44km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Jonzac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Jonzac
Canton: Jonzac
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17500
Distance to Jonzac
from La Rochelle: 97 km
from Paris: 434 km
from Calais: 635 km
from Nice: 640 km
from Bordeaux: 69 km
from Strasbourg: 711 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Jonzac): Champagnac, Clam, Clion, Lussac, Moings, Ozillac, Reaux, Saint-Georges-Antignac, Saint-Germain-de-Lusignan, Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois, Saint-Martial-de-Vitaterne, Saint-Maurice-de-Tavernole and Saint-Simon-de-Bordes.
Getting here
Charente-Maritime is in the west of France. Most visitors will arrive by car typically from a channel ferry ports such as Saint Malo, Caen or Cherbourg, a drive af about 4-5 hours. For driving distances to Jonzac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Jonzac